Request removal of distance mountains on skydome

[Flash Thunder 10]

I would rather see the horizon blank, it just looks silly seeing the mountains around the edge of the horizon like theres another island that you could go to.

Anyways please remove them BIS, they look blah.

Anybody else agree?

*I was just reminded about them when I looked at the OA screenshots. :) *

[dmarkwick 261]

I agree :)

[-=seany=- 5]

They don't bother me, I like them.

[Flash Thunder 10]

I agree :)

Yeah I saw that earlier today but read there was problems with stuttering and I already get enough of that :mad:

Anyways I would love if BIS kept them out of the game since it looks bad and theres no need for it, since theres usually large mass of water near islands... ;)

The simplest of requests I can come up with. :p

[That guy 10]

NEGATIVE KING WASABI

that is a NO GO

[dmarkwick 261]

Yeah I saw that earlier today but read there was problems with stuttering and I already get enough of that :mad:

Anyways I would love if BIS kept them out of the game since it looks bad and theres no need for it, since theres usually large mass of water near islands... ;)

The simplest of requests I can come up with. :p

No stuttering with the addon :)

[[GLT] Legislator 66]

Anyways I would love if BIS kept them out of the game since it looks bad and theres no need for it, since theres usually large mass of water near islands... ;)

But Chernarus is not an island :rolleyes:

[Flash Thunder 10]

But Chernarus is not an island :rolleyes:

Well arnt you smart, I was referring to the OA maps ;)

Island or not they dont need them they just dont look right.

[jasonnoguchi 11]

Flash, try JTD's mod. the latest version is ok. :)

[max power 21]

I would rather see the horizon blank, it just looks silly seeing the mountains around the edge of the horizon like theres another island that you could go to.

Anyways please remove them BIS, they look blah.

Anybody else agree?

*I was just reminded about them when I looked at the OA screenshots. :) *

Way to use the search function, chief.

[Takko 10]

I like the skybox

[Alex72 1]

I like the fake horizon as well. ArmA gave me claustrophobia when flying etc. All white like a wall everywhere. Even though they are fake they give me some sense of air and space.

[Deadfast 43]

Anybody else agree?

No, I certainly don't.

[rübe 127]

Indeed. The skybox (fake mountains) is awesome and that even for islands like utes. It's just so much nicer, than to simply "fog out", especially if you're forced to play with lower view distances.

[Trapper 0]

And what about custom islands? Supposed to be real islands? Ok, they're rare. :)

IIRC the fake mountains fit for Cherneraus, they are in the north and west only.

[76 0]

IIRC the fake mountains fit for Cherneraus, they are in the north and west only.

Correct.

[trickster1982 10]

I think they're ok, I dont spend a lot of time scrutinising them so they just add a nice backdrop. If they werent there I dont think it would look as good,especially in chernarus where they give the impression of rolling countryside & wide open spaces!

[TheHarvesteR 11]

They are a good fit for Chernarus, but I assume they were put in there because Utes is supposed to be somewhat close to the chernarussian shore...

It does it's thing, but I suppose that for addon islands this will impose a geographical situation that might not be what the author intended.

Cheers

[CarlGustaffa 4]

For laughs I moved (via addon) Utes to E53°50' N68°22' (a place is russia called Ostrov Lovetskiy), just to check if I got midnight sun, and I did - amazing :D Those texture based horizon mountains blocked the sun. So I had to use DMarkwick's addon to remove it. Now I can watch my sunset at midnight, where the sun never goes below the horizon, and it never goes night. Simply awesome :D

[Flash Thunder 10]

Wow alot in favor for those horrible looking mountains.

Anyways I use the JTDClearskies if you guys change your mind.

:cool:

[CarlGustaffa 4]

I moved Chernarus to the Falkland Islands (also just for the fun of it). But now I can't find my way around the night sky, as I'm not familiar with the southern hemisphere stars and constallations. Where can I find the stars texture? I need to colorize it a bit to help me learn that stuff.

[dmarkwick 261]

I moved Chernarus to the Falkland Islands (also just for the fun of it). But now I can't find my way around the night sky, as I'm not familiar with the southern hemisphere stars and constallations. Where can I find the stars texture? I need to colorize it a bit to help me learn that stuff.

LOL :D I remember being *actually* in the Falklands and thinking exactly the same thing :)

Also, a bit freaked that the sun went the "other" way round, and that the moon was upside down.

However :)

I don't know that there is a star texture, as I believe the stars themselves are GPU-spawned objects.

[Darkhorse 1-6 16]

There is an addon that can help with that Carl. It lets you navigate using the stars in-game.

OT: Personally I love the distant mountains. Like somebody else said they give me a sense of space. Much better (Imho) than that blank nothingness in ArmA 1.

[CarlGustaffa 4]

I got 50/50 on Swedges_Arma_2_Star_Navigation, but it only had how to find the north star. And it was flash based, not something ingame. Using stars to find the south direction is a bit more complicated from what I've seen.

I couldn't find anything else obvious on Armaholic. Can you point the way like a good pointer star? :D

[dmarkwick 261]

I couldn't find anything else obvious on Armaholic. Can you point the way like a good pointer star? :D

Using this page

as reference, you can use Orion if you can see it for basic northerly and southerly direction, not precise, but perhaps good enough for a rough direction:

As you can see, the belt of Orion will clue you in to east & west directions, while the very slight misalignment of the middle star in the belt will point to rough north.

Other than that, finding a definite south direction is more difficult because there is no south star. You need to look at other stars & constellations near to the south to infer it. I think the southern cross is the most reliable constellation: